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Friday, October 22, 2010

Star-Crossed Lovers Across Time

As we were reading Catching Fire last week, I kept noticing how often Katniss referred to herself and Peeta as "star-crossed lovers". This got me thinking about the characters Romeo and Juliet and their relationship as compared to that of Katniss and Peeta. And, the use of those words "star-crossed lovers" made me think of one specific part of Romeo and Juliet: The prologue.

For this Poetry Friday, you all are going to take the prologue from Romeo and Juliet and rewrite it to tell the story of Katniss and Peeta. Certainly, Katniss and Peeta are not the same as Romeo and Juliet. In fact, I think that they're much more interesting! Here is the original text of the prologue: